David Byrne
Biography
David Byrne (/bɜːrn/; born 14 May 1952) is a Scottish-American musician, writer, visual artist, and filmmaker. He was a founding member, principal songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist of the American new wave band Talking Heads. Byrne has released solo recordings and worked with various media, including film, photography, opera, fiction, and non-fiction. He has received an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, a Special Tony Award, and a Golden Globe Award, and he is an inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of Talking Heads. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Byrne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movies (44)
The Twits
as Gordon Sniffles (voice)
2025
Monk in Pieces
as Self
2025
We Want the Funk!
as Self
2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
as Self
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self
2025
Homo Brasilis: Tom Zé
as Self (archive footage)
2023
John Mulaney: Baby J
Musician (Sound)
2023
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Songs (Sound)
2022
Social! Distance Dance Club
2021
Twyla Moves
as Self
2021
David Byrne's American Utopia
as Self - Lead Singer & Performer
2020
FeeLee. History of a Single Label
as Self
2020
John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
as David Byrne
2019
Café Tacvba - Un Segundo / MTV Unplugged
as Self - Voice
2019
Everything For All Reasons
as Self
2019
Triple-Chaser
as Narrator
2019
Hream
as David Byrne
2019
Museum Town
as Self
2019
The Making of True Stories
as Self
2018
Real Life
as Narrator / Self
2018
David Byrne: ACL Fest 2018
as Self
2018
Well How Did We Get Here? A Brief History of Talking Heads
as Self
2017
Contemporary Color
2016
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
Musician (Sound)
2016
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
as Self
2016
Temporary Color
2016
We're Gonna Die
as David Byrne
2015
Lennon or McCartney
as Self
2014
Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day
as Self (archive footage)
2013
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
as Self
2012
La Casa del Ritmo: A Film About Los Amigos Invisibles
2012
Talking Heads - Chronology
2011
This Must Be the Place
as David Byrne
2011
Ride, Rise, Roar
as Self
2011
Tom Zé: Liberated Astronaut
2009
Beyond Ipanema
as Self
2009
Wandering Heart
as Self
2009
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
as Self
2009
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
as Self (archive footage)
2008
The Man Who Bottled Clouds
as Self
2008
New York Rock at the BBC
2008
Untitled Patton/Byrne Piece
2008
Celia: The Queen
as Self
2008
The Vanguard
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2008
